Sui Northern crackdown: 212 gas connections disconnected,19 lakhs will be charged from the accused for gas theft.

Lahore (Staff Reporter) Sui Northern continued its crackdown against gas theft and conducted successful raids in various areas of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad. In Peshawar, a total of 30 connections were disconnected for direct use of gas, illegal connections, and one FIR was registered for gas theft. In Mardan, five gas connections were disconnected for illegal use of gas. An amount of Rs 108,100 was booked for theft. In Sialkot, 2 gas connections were disconnected for illegal use of gas while 36 gas connections were disconnected for using compressors. In Sargodha, 2 connections were disconnected for tampering with gas meters while two were disconnected for illegal use. An FIR was also lodged at the local police station on behalf of the region. In Gujranwala, the regional team took action, disconnected 22 gas connections and registered two FIRs, while Rs 238,000 was also booked for gas theft. During operations in Gujarat on illegal use of gas, gas connections of 7 consumers and 3 consumers for use of compressors were disconnected. Apart from disconnection of five connections for direct use of gas in the federal capital Islamabad, 15 lakh rupees were booked for gas theft. In Sahiwal, five connections were disconnected for illegal use of gas. In Faisalabad, the regional team booked 104,000 rupees for gas theft besides disconnecting 19 connections during the crackdown. In Lahore, two connections were disconnected for use of compressors, one for tampering with meters and five for illegal use of gas. Taking action in Bahawalpur, the regional team disconnected 23 connections for use of compressors and 13 connections for illegal use of gas. Regional team disconnected 23 gas connections in Multan. Apart from two consumers using compressors, 8 gas connections were disconnected in Sheikhupura. According to the spokesman of Sui Northern Gas, action is being taken as per the law to measure the volume of stolen gas while applications have been submitted to the concerned police stations for registration of FIR against the persons involved in gas theft.